Fri 4 Sep 2026

• 19:00

  Vaughan Williams’s ‘Fantasia’ and Symphony No. 9

  Royal Albert Hall

  Andrew Manze conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in a celebration of English music, featuring works by Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten

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  Andrew Manze conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in a celebration of English music, featuring works by Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten

  Programme

  • • • Ralph Vaughan Williams
      • Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis(15 mins)
    • • Benjamin Britten
      • Violin Concerto(32 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Carmel Smickersgill
      • A Brick Thrown with Love(10 mins)BBC co-commission: world premiere
    • • Ralph Vaughan Williams
      • Symphony No. 9 in E minor(33 mins)

  Performers

  • Simone Lamsma

    violin
    violin
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Andrew Manze

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Carmel Smickersgill

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